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Examples Of Obedience In From Laws Of Hammurabi

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The theme of obedience is quite common in these texts. In the time the texts were written, faith in rulers and gods was essential and obedience was one of the ways people could show their faith. Rulers knew the people would follow the rules because they (the rulers) had been endorsed by a greater power. An example of this is shown in “From Laws of Hammurabi,” when Hammurabi says that he himself is “the king who cause[d] the four quarters of the world to render obedience.” He then follows this statement with a list of rules people are expected to follow. For many of the rules, if they are not followed, the charge is death. Not dying is a very suitable reason to have faith and obedience in the rulers. In the second text, from the “Egyptian Book
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